Cambridgeshire Army Cadet Force

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Cambridgeshire Army Cadet Force
World War One Battlefield Tour
1914 - 1918
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Aim Objective
As part of our 2009 Annual Camp plan a party of
150 persons made up of Senior Cadets ( 2 APC and
above, including the Corps of Drums )along with
20 Officers and Instructors will deploy to
Belgium and France on a World War 1 Battlefield
Tour.The Tour will have two clear
objectives1, To take part in the famous Menin
Gate Ceremony, Ypres, Belgium by parading headed
by the Corps of Drums in uniform through the Town
of Ypres and laying a wreath at the Menin
Gate.2, To visit the location of The
Cambridgeshire Regiments actions in the taking of
the Schawban Redoubt where 41 gallantry Awards
were won that day on on October 1916 The cost is
included within the Annual Camp Fee
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Schwaben Redoubt The local connection
During one of the engagements that were part of
the costly Somme offensive, the Cambridgeshire
Regiment assaulted and successfully captured the
Schwaben Redoubt. The Redoubt was of great
strategic importance and had been fought over
many times with great loss of life. On the 14th
October 1916, the Territorial Fen Tigers under
the brilliant command of Lieutenant Colonel
Riddell corporals and junior commanders with
bayonet and grenade. The bewildered German
occupants were routed and Riddells
Cambridgeshires went on to successfully defend
the Redoubt for a further 24 hours before being
relieved, having beaten back several determined
counter-attacks. By First World War standards
British loss of life was light, with 218 men
killed or wounded. The success was so phenomenal
that General Haig recounted the attack as being
one of the finest feats or arms in the history
of the British Army. For their personal skill
and bravery, 41 awards for gallantry were
bestowed on the Regiment. The following is a list
of those men who were decorated for gallantry,
giving their rank at the time of the battle
their names the awards and the locations of
their origins (where known) Lt.Col Edward Pius
Arthur Riddell, DSO Lt Geoffrey Barker, MC
Captain Archibald Ballentine Henderson Dunlop,MC
(Margate), Company Sergeant Major James Coe, MC
2nd Lieutenant Francis Alennye Marr, MC
(Cambridge) 2nd Lieutenant Underwood Saville, MC
(Natal, South Africa) Corporal JW Archer, DCM
(Wisbech) Private Herbert Brickwood, DCM
(Lolworth) Company Sergeant Major Harry Charles
Clarke, DCM (Cambridge) Private PG Cornwall, DCM
(Ely) Sergeant John Jordan, DCM Corporal Fred
Latham, DCM (Wisbech) Private James Smith, DCM
(Manea) Sergeant Walter Stubbings, DCM (Sawston)
Lance Corporal Frank Touch, DCM (Chatteris)
Private Alfred Wayman, DCM (Ely) Sergeant Robert
Bushell, MM (Wisbech) Private Maurice Carter, MM
(Shepreth) Private Harry Cash, MM (Cambridge)
Private Henry Coker, MM (Cambridge) Sergeant
Sidney Dockerill, MM (Little Shelford) Private
Archibald Fairweather, MM (Cambridge later
Haverhill) Lance Corporal Mat Gilbert, MM (Sutton
St James, Lincs) Private Frederick Hailstone, MM
(Whittlesey) Private Horace Johnson, MM (Emneth)
Private Bert Jolley, MM (Cambridge) Private
Rudolph Buckley Lister, MM (Cambridge) Lance
Corporal Walter Lupson, MM (Ely) Lance Corporal
Edward Miller, MM (Doddington) Lance Corporal
George Nightingale, MM (Cambridge) Lance Corporal
Sam Parker, MM (Cambridge) Corporal Walter Sidney
Sallis, MM (Littleport) Private John Saunders, MM
(Cambridge) Lance Corporal Ernie Scarr, MM (Great
Shelford) Private John Searle, MM (Cambridge)
Private Alf Setchfield, MM (Coates) Lance
Corporal Horace Tabor, MM (Cambridge) Corporal
Harry Gordon Teverson, MM (Ely) 2nd Lieutenant
John R Strickland, MiD
Note the name- and find out more later
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Cpl Harry Teverson a local lad !
Military medals recognising the bravery of a
Cambridge WWI Soldier have been passed over to
the Cambridgeshire Regiment Museum for
safekeeping. The unique medals, which are
possibly the only set in existence to include
three Military Crosses and a Military Medal, were
awarded to Corporal Harry Teverson who died aged
75 in 1970. Grandson Stephen Teverson handed
over the medals to the Guardians of the
Cambridgeshire Regiment Collection. Passing on
the medals, grandson Stephen Teverson of Downham
Market said "My Grandfather never spoke about
the war. After his death in 1970, the medals were
looked after by his daughter but I think it is
appropriate that they be on display with other
memorabilia of the Cambridgeshire regiment. They
are now in the right place." Cpl Harry
Teverson's Military Medal was won at the battle
for the Schwaben Redoubt on the Somme in
October1916, one of forty-one gallantry medals
awarded to the Cambridgeshire Regt in a single
day, which is a military record. Later, Harry was
commissioned into the Suffolk Regiment where his
bravery during 1918 earned him a Military Cross
and two bars. Harry was educated at March
Grammar School. When the war broke out in 1914,
he was training to be a surveyor but he
volunteered for active service just four days
after the outbreak of war. When he returned in
1918, Harry felt that various injuries he
received during the war would prevent him from
working as a surveyor and so instead turned to
dairy farming.
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Preparation
1, Selection - only 130 places so very limited
and sorry but we will have some
disappointments! 2, All without their own
passport will be included in a Group Collective
Passport requiring a, Identity Parental
Consent Form to be completed b, Photo ID Card -
you have to supply 2 x passport size
photographs All to be submitted by County HQ 8
weeks before departure 1st May 3, All persons
to have their own EHIC European Health
Insurance Card (previously called E111 form)
you need to send away for this yourself 4, A
little background knowledge of the Cambridgeshire
Regt, Menin Gate, Vimy Ridge and WWI in general
by reference to the internet or books this will
set the scene and make the Tour more interesting
for you.
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Outline Plan
Monday, 27th July 2009 1800 hrs Leave Napier
Barracks, Folkstone after tea meal for Dover
Ferry Terminal travel in civilian clothes with
ACF Tee Shirt on hired coaches (these remain with
us all Tour) 1930 hrs Ferry crossing to Calais
90 minutes remember to put clock forward 1
hour for local time 2200 hrs Arrive Calais and
journey to Chateau DEbblinghem 2300 hrs Arrive
accommodation, allocate rooms, snack meal, fire
drill and bed. Tuesday, 28th July 2009 0630 hrs
Reveille 0700 hrs Breakfast and prepare own
packed lunch to eat during the day. 0830 hrs
Coach departs to commence Tour in Belgium
(coaches will travel in convoy) Essex Farm
Cemetery Tyne Cot Cemerety short service and
wreath laying Langemark Cemetery
(German) Hill 62 Museum and Trenches lunch
stop 1500 hrs Return to Chateau DEbblinhem 1530
hrs Practice for Menin Gate Parade - civilian
clothes- personal admin change into
uniform. 1630 hrs Evening meal two course
cooked meal 1800 hrs Coaches leave for Menin
Gate, Ypres. 2000 hrs Menin Gate Parade March
through the Town lead by Corps of Drums return
to rear of Cloth Hall optional choco
purchase stop before leaving at 2045 hrs to
return to Chateau DEbblinghem. 2200 hrs Arrive
Chateau Naafi open 2300 hrs Lights out and
reflect on the days events!
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Outline Plan - Continued
Wednesday, 29th July 2009 0630 hrs Reveille
strip /clear bedding into central point in
accommodation 0700 hrs Breakfast and prepare own
packed lunch to eat during the day. 0830 hrs
Coach departs to commence Tour in France
(coaches will split up as separate Tours) to
include Vimy Ridge Canadian Memorial,
Tunnels and Trench System Tours at 1000 hrs,
1300hrs and 1400 hrs Schawban Redoubt
Battlefield area, Mill Road Cemetery Ulster
Tower café, museum and lunch stop Thiepval
Memorial and Visitor Centre Lochanghar Mine
Crater ( Minibus to remain at Mill Road,
Cemetery and return NST reps to Ebblinghem
enroute to Calais. ) 1500 hrs Return to
Calais (2 hours 30 min away from the Somme) 1
hour check in time required 1830 hrs Ferry
Crossing to Dover (90 min) 1900 hrs ( local time)
Arrive Dover having remembered to change
clocks back 1 hour 1930 hrs Arrive Napier
Barracks 1945 hrs Evening Meal End of Tour to
return to Annual Camp Training Plan
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Our Accommodation
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The Accommodation
Cadet Rooms each with separate WC and shower
Dinning Room
Adult Rooms
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Fire Point
Fire Exit Fire Assembly Point
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NAAFI facilities at DEbblinghem
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Continental Lunch- self selection / packing
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Battle of Ypres,Belgium
Town of Ypres
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Essex Farm Cemetery
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Essex Farm Cemetery
The Field Dressing Station
Note the neat rows of grave stones
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Essex Farm Cemetery
Only15 Years Old your Age?
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Tyne Cot Cemetery
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Tyne Cot Cemetery
Here we will undertake a Church Service Wreath
Laying Play Last Post Play Reveille
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Langemark Cemetery - German
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Langemark Cemetery
Mass Grave of 25,000
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Hill 62
Museum, Trenches and lunch stop
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Hill 62
The Trench Systems
Inside the museum
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Menin Gate Ceremony
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Menin Gate Ceremony
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Ypres
Before You leave ..sample Belgium Chocolate at a
nearby Shop with Discount !
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Return to Chateau DEbblinghem R R until lights
out
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The Western Front December 1918
Ypres
Journey by road 96 miles 1 ½ hours
Vimy Ridge
Thiepval
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Battle of the Somme, France
One hundred and twenty-five miles northwest of
Verdun, the British and French armies joined at
the Somme River. A Franco-British offensive was
planned here for 1916 to relieve pressure on the
French at Verdun. British General Douglas Haig
ordered a massive bombardment of the German lines
that would last a week and could be heard across
the Channel in England but the German troops were
deeply dug in and the bombardment did not reach
them. Once the shelling was over, of the
100,000 British troops who attacked the German
lines on July 1st, 1916, 20,000 were killed and
over 40,000 were wounded. It was the single
worst day in deaths and casualties in British
military history. Eventually this battle, which
did not change the front line trenches much at
all, involved over 2 million men along a 30 mile
front. British and French losses numbered nearly
three-quarters of a million men.
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What was it like in the Trenches?
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Vimy Ridge, France
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Vimy Ridge, France
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Vimy Ridge, France
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Lochanghar Mine Crater
24 Tons of Explosive one large hole in the
ground !
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Thiepval Memorial
Memorial to the 72,090 British Commonwealth
Soldiers whom have no known grave.
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Ulster Tower, France
Ulster Tower Museum and Café
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Mill Road Cemetery, France
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1914 1918 Picture Gallery
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